He is set to run for re-election to the U.S. House in 2014. If he runs, he will seek the Democratic nomination in the primary election.The general election took place November 4, 2014.

He is a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's "Frontline" program.[3][4]

Based on analysis of multiple outside rankings, Schneider is an average Democratic member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Democratic Party on the majority of bills.

Biography

Schneider grew up in Denver, Colorado before moving to Chicago to attend Northwestern University. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and then later received a master’s from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management. He worked in Israel for a year before returning to Chicago to work with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Schneider worked at other consulting jobs and businesses before deciding to run for office.[1]

Career

Below is an abbreviated outline of Schneider's professional and political career[5]:

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Schneider is available dating back to 2012. Based on available campaign finance records, Schneider raised a total of $3,043,849 during that time period. This information was last updated on April 5,2013.[12]

Schneider was a top freshman fundraiser in the 113th congress as a member of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's "Frontline" program.[16][17]

2012

Breakdown of the source of Schneider's campaign funds before the 2012 election.

Schneider won election to the U.S. House in 2012. During that election cycle, Schneider's campaign committee raised a total of $3,043,849 and spent $3,029,605.[18] This is more than the average $1.5 million spent by House winners in 2012.[19]

Lifetime missed votes

According to the website GovTrack, Schneider missed 0 of 89 roll call votes from Jan 2013 to Mar 2013. This amounts to 0.0%, which is better than the median of 2.2% among current congressional representatives as of March 2013.[22]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Schneider's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $9,318,440 and $28,151,000. That averages to $18,734,720, which is higher than the average net worth of Democratic representatives in 2011 of $5,107,874.[23]

Voting with party

2013

Brad Schneider voted with the Democratic Party 89.2% of the time, which ranked 179th among the 201 House Democratic members as of June 2013.[24]

Personal

Schneider lives in Deerfield, Illinois with his wife, Julie, and their two sons, Adam (18) and Daniel (17). [25]

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